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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → Oakland

LAX–OAK · 337 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Oakland International Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
2,120
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 2,120 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LAX–OAK flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LAX–OAK flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 78%.

Slipping a little lately.

LAX–OAK flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(323 flights)
  • Tue89%(282 flights)
  • Wed89%(278 flights)
  • Thu80%(318 flights)
  • Fri78%(321 flights)
  • Sat87%(245 flights)
  • Sun78%(340 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(32 flights)
  • 6–9 AM96%(440 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(396 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(271 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(430 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(459 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(79 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 87% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%184
July 202583%178
August 202586%184
September 202586%181
October 202584%196
November 202583%182
December 202584%180
January 202688%157
February 202679%152
March 202684%169
April 202674%169
May 202673%175

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Based on 2,120 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.